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MACHINE FOR USE IN ASSURTNG BUTTONS. APPLICATION YLE APRQ. 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, lliiith `Application filed April 9, 191i?. Serial No. 22?,530.

' T0 all 'whom t may concern:

United States, residing; at Camden, in the lcounty of Camden and State of' New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful 11n provements in Machines for Use in asserting Buttons, oi which the following is a specification.

This invention is a machine for use in asserting); buttons and facilitating' the sepa.- ration oi the perfect buttons from those which may he discolored or otherwise ot doubtful ,or no marlntahle value. The invention seeks to provide a machine in which pearl buttons will he delivered upon a table which will carry the buttons past the open ator or observer and permit the discolorcd buttons to he removed, the good buttons being subsequently automatically discharged. The invention also seeks to provide a device which mav he easily controlled and in which 'the delivery of buttons to the inspection table may he regulated as may he desired.

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which" Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partlyin section of our improved machine:

Fig. 2` is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan View;

Fig". a is an end elevation of the rotary drum and 'the parts adjacent'tue same;

Fig. 5 a detail section on the line 5 of Fig. 1.

in carrying out our` invention, we employ a supporting irame which may loc of any desired. character and is illustrated as con* sisting ot legs orpedestals 1` to the upper ends ot which is secureda table having a flat top 2 at its rear portion and at its 'liront portion having a second flat top 3 which is somewhat higher than the rst mentioned portion. in the rear 'wall of this table is provided a hearing' t and upon the under side of the ta'hle top is provided a dependine1 lug` or hearing 5 in which a driving shaft 6 is journaled, said shaft having1 its rear end projected beyond the rear wall of the tahle and carrying a, loose pulley 7 through which power may he imparted to the drivingr shaft trom any convenient or preferred motor. (in the. iiront end oi? the driving shaft: is Va pinion t3 which meshes with a large gear wheel 9 secured upon a short vertical shaft l() which is journaled in suitable bearings in the table top 3 and in a beam or cross har 11 within the top. 0n the upper end of the shaft 10 issecured a disk or table 12 upon the upper side of which is iixed a mir ror 13. Between the hearings l1 and 5, a sprocket pinion 14 is secured to the driving shaft and a sprocket chain 15 is trained around said pinion and a silniiar pinion 16 secured upon a shaft 17 journaied upon suit-- able bearingsat the upper end oran arched support or standard 18 which is secured to and rises from the table 2, as shown. 'lthe shaft 1'? extends rearwardly from the said standard or support 18 and is formed inte gral with or otherwise rigidly connected with the front closed end of a drum. or revolving hopper 19, the annuiar Wall or which preferably tapers rearwardly. The rear end of this drum or rotary hopper is in the form of a collar or ring 20 which tits rotatably upon a 'hearing 21 formed at the lower end of a c hute 22 which leads from a magazine or supply hopper 23, the` rotary drum or hopper 19 being thereby supported for free rotation. 1n the annular wall of the drum 19 near the front end thereof are discharge openings 24 which are covered more or less by gates 25 slidabiy mounted in ways 26, provided on the outer surface of the drum, and connected hy links 27 with a grooved ring 28 slidabiy fitted upon the collar or hulo 20. A delivery chute 29 is provided below the drum 19 and leads from a basket 30 which is` secured to or 'formed inte-gral with the upper end oi? such `chute and its around the underV part of the drum in spaced relation thereto so as to receive the huttons discharged from the drum. A 'bracket 31 is secured to the chute 22 near the lower end thereof and to the upper end oi' 'the basket 30 so as to rigidly' connect the said mernhers and support the said' chute, this bracket heine' suitably shaped to avoid Contact with the linlis 27 as they rotate with the drum. A bracket or arm 32 is also sccured to the rear edge of the haslret 30`and upon said hracket or arm is pivoted a yoke or shifting lever 3B carrying; pins 34 at its upper end which engage the groove of the collar 28 so that if the lever or yolre he swung about its pivot. the collar will he moved rearwardly or forwardly andthe' gates 25 consequently adjusted to cover o1" g@ aeoaeea uncover the openings 24 to the desired eX- through the chute 22 into the drum, will tent and thereby regulate the llow of buttons escape through the openings 24 into the bas'- from the drum.y An operating rod 35 is ket 30 and thence pass through the chute 29 i pivoted to the lower end of-the lever and onto the table. As the table will travel very extends forwardly so that it may be readily slowly, the observer will have ample time to 70 grasped lbythe operator when occasion decarefully inspect all the buttons, and, as the 'mllfdgz Q y surface of the table is a mirror, both sides l arm or scraper 36 is secured to the of the'button can be seen at once. T he obstaiidard or support 18 and projects forserver will remove the discolored or imper- Wa'rdly therefrom over the inspection table fect buttons and the good buttons Will be 75 and bears closely against the surface or mirscraped from the table by the scraper arm roi 13 so thatjas the buttons are carried 26 and will drop u on the receivin table .2, againstsaid arm by the rotationof the table, whence they may removed at intervals,

lthey will 4be scraped therefrom and deposas will be readily understood.

' 15 ited' upon the' receiving table 2,' from which It will be noted that our machineis very 8o tl'ie'y` ay be gathered and prepared for the compact in its arrangement and is free from market. any com licated structure. It may be set `Mounted upon the driving shaft so as to ii at a ow cost and will be found highly 'rotate ytherewith bui-free to slide thereon. e cient in operation forl the purpose for il *te between the iear end of the top` of the frame Which it is designed.

.. 85 and the pulley 7 is a clutch member 37 ear- Having thus described the invention, what rying clutch pins 38 which are adapted to is claimed as new is: y en age suitabeopenings or sockets in the 1. An apparatus for the purpose set forth w or spokes of the pulley- 7, and thereby comprising a support, a drum mounted forV 125 Vlock said pulley to the driving'shat so that rotation upon the support, '-the ends of the 90 lmotion will be im 'arted tothe driving shaft. drum being of unequal dia-meters and the .This-elutch vmemller 37 is preferably a'disk drum being provided with escape openings 'rc'ollar having a groove in its peri hei-al in its peripheral wall near its larger end, ysurface which groove is engaged by pins 39 gates mounted on the drumI to extend over ly carried by ayoke or lever lOwhich is pivsaid openings, and means to adjust the gates 95 se porting structure. Acam lever or ha otally mounted upon the rear wall of ,the longitudinally of the drum and hold them frame and has its lower end pivoted tov a. in a set position.

,Y controlling rod 4:1 which extends forwardly 2. An pparatus for the purpose set forth through t e front plate or wall of the sudp- .comprising a support, a drum mounted upon n' e the support, the ends of the drum being of 100 p42 is pivoted in 'a suitable bracket 43upon unequal diameters and the drum being provLthefront wall of the sup ortingy frame and vided with escape openings in its peripheral as its rear` end pivotal y attached to the wall near itslarger end,gates to cover said i front end of the controlling rod 41, as shown openings adjustable longitudinally of the go atllfl, while a spring 45 is coiled around'the drum, means for operating the drum, a sta- 10e .55- pinion 8 at once caused to operate. The said openings. pinion 8 being in mesh with the gear wheel 4. An a 'eontrolling rod Vbetween a stop 46 thereon tionary basket disposed below the drum in and the front wall or plate ofthe suppoitin y position toreceive articles from said esca e y.frame so as to tend normally to hold the ro openings, and a chute leading from said 54, Proyect/ed rearwardly and thereby maintain basket to deliver the articles.

the clutch vmember out of engagement with 3. An apparatus for the purpose set forth 110 the driving pulley. When it is desiredto comprising a support, a drum mounted for throw'the machine into operation, the hanrotation thereon, a magazine, means for dedie' 42 is swung about its pivot 47 so as to livering articles from the magazine into one pull upon the controlling rod a'ainst the endiof the drum, the drum being provided lv tension of the spring 45 and there i actuate 'with escape openin "..the lever or yoke 40 to throw the clutch near its opposite end, gates mounted on said member 37 into engagement with tle'drivwall to extend over saidopenings, and means ing' pulley, whereupon the shaft G will be for adjusting the gates longitudinally of the setl in notion and the sprocket chain 15 and drum whereby to wholly or partly uncover y pparatus for the pur ose set forth 4the shaft 10 will be caused to rotate and comprising a magazine, a cuite leading t e talble 12 will follow such rotation so that from the magazine, a drum having a hollow .f buttons deposited on the surface of the table hub at one end rotatably tted on the lower 60 will be caused to travel slowly past the o bend of said chute, means connected with the 125 i server. The sprocket chain 15 will act oliop osite end of the drum to rotate the saine, 'vrectly upon the pinion 16 and shaft 17 Qto a basket below n and partly inclosing the 1 rotate the dIllIp 19, and the 'buttOnS Which drum, a chute leading from said basket, and have been reviously placed 1n the magazine a coupling connecting the basket with said fue. or supply opper 23 and passed by gravity first mentioned` chute. 130

gs in its peripheral wall wearer '5. An apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a rotary drum provided with openings in its annular wall, vgates slidably mounted on said wall to extend over said openings, a collar slidably mounted upon the drum, connections betweensaid collar and the gates, and means fowshifting said collar whereby to operate the gates. 6. ln an apparatus for the purpose set forth, the combination of a supporting structure, a driving shaft mounted therein, a

clutch member slidably mounted upon the driving shaft and constrained to rotate therewith, a driving pulley loosely mounted upon the shaft and adapted to be engaged by said clutch member, a lever fulcrumed upon the supporting structure and engaging the clutch member, a controlling rod pivoted to said member and `extending forwardly therefrom, a handle member pivoted to the front end of said rod andV mounted upon the support, a stop upon said rod, and a spring co1led'around the rod between the stop and the support and tending normally to hold the clutch member out of engagement with i the driving pulley.

7. An apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a support, a table mounted therea stationary basket mounted upon the support below and partly inelosing the drum, a chute leading from said basket to the table, a magazine, a chute leading from the magazine to the drum and having its lower end means forrotating the drum and the table,

forming a bearing fitting within the hollow hub of the drum, a coupling for supporting the second-mentioned chute from the basket, gates slidably mounted on the side of the drum to extend over the openings therein, a collar slidably mounted upon the hub of the drum, links connecting the collar with the respective gates, and means for shifting the collar whereby to cause the gates to partly o1' wholly cover the openings in the drum.

-lln testimony whereof we ax our signa] tures.

nanny o. nnusrnn. [1.. 8.] WILLIAM w. Gannon.. [1.. a] 

